#2044 Hooded Fang - Venus on Edge

Frustrating! I want to like this more than I do. All that surfy energy from their last one turned up to 11. But something about it smacks of effort, loses that cool. It's that local band that has to take it to the next level and adds flourishes and production and complexity and reaches outside what comes naturally, until something singular and righteous is lost. Sad! 3/5